Added 9 October 2026
exocentric
adjective
adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about exocentric at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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Not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents.
when `until last Easter' serves as an adverb it is an exocentric construction
Origin
From exo- + -centric.
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